The Sun. — London, England, 1809-07-26 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 25.—This morning sailed the Expedition for • the Downs, consisting of 25 sail"; the names of which are as• undeithentioned Royal 0ak,,74 ; Marlborough, 74 ; Resolution*, 74; Hero, 74 ; !idiom, 74 ; Eagle, 74; Mdnarch, 74 ; Orion, 74'; Belleisie, 7 4 ; Caesar, 74; Revenge, 74; Achille, 74; Alfred, 74; Sceptre, 74; Aboukir,, 74; Ganges, 64; Illustrious, 74; Valiant, 74; Impeteut, 74 ; imperieuse, 74; Rota, L'Aigle, and Pearled frigates ; Harpy and Redpole slOops of war. Sailed also this day his Majesty's ship Hardy, with a convoy of 1 8 sail of 'transports for the Down's. PLYMOUTH, JULY 24.-:--Arrived his Majesty's ship Tisipkone from Portsmouth; and thehrig Orion, of London,. GRAVES master, from Surinam, laden with coffee, sugar, &c. bound to. London, put in here by contrary winds. HULL, JULY 25.—Since our last the fallowing, have arrived here from the Davis's Streights fishery, all full ships, viz :—The Royal George, FOSTER, • 16 whales, 500 butts of blubber ; Marquis of 'Huntley, MITCHINSON, 14 whales, 470 butts of blubber; Lynx, WILDEN, 17 whales, 500 butts of blubber; Egginglon, TRU'EMAN, I's whales, 470 butts of blubber; Elizabeth, GASCOIGN, 13 whales, 450 butt's of blubber; Levtathhn, TATHER, 19 whales, 680 butts of blubber. A letter received here ihit .morning, froth Peter head, by MeSsrS G. and J. EGGIIsIGTON, states. the success of the under-thentioned Greenland ships; be longing to this port, vii. t--=dune 2tth, .grothers, 10 fish, about 50 tons of oil ; "er.reverwice 18 ditto, 100 ditto.--June 00th, Ellison, I 9 fish., quantity unknown; Duncotnbe, 32 ditto, full; Aurint, 18 ditto, ditto; Jane, well fished, 120 tons Of oil.' Another letter received here this morning froth Whitby., by Messrs. W. And C. BOLTON, States the tutee's's 'of the under-inentioned ships, 1 9 fish, 315 butts; Weaker, 21 ditto; lAncombe, Prueloire, welffished ; Brothers, 10 ditto, 60 ions, of 'oil ; Pers.Ctierance., 18 ; Ellison , I g ditto; Aurora, 18 ditto. 11 41likiip2.71tornaA• and 'Ann, with 2 fish ; and the Tv . - ran and Ann, have arrived at Leithi from Davis's Streighti, both full ships. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE.MO.STEV. To his Majesty's ship EthaliOn, on the xst of August, it Nd. N 6.2, lames -street, Anelphi, and for three years atter at the same place. To his Majesty's brig Cadmus, for the capture o f the French Sloop La Diligence, and the stores of •thiee'cliaie imarees, names bnknown, every Tuesday and Friday, tor threernonths, at Mr. 1 - lawlttr's.Qffice, Plyniouth, To WI Majesty's ship Sa!Sette, for the capture of the )(Acta Nicholay, on the Salsette's arrival m van, t'tir thiec rhombi after, at PO. t, FOREIGN ViENNA; 'JULY army of Italy has joined the Grand Army since the Ist ; • they amoqnt to -Daft to 170,000 men. • ICAStELL, jtTLY t2.---His Majesty arrived on the 7th at LichtenSteiii. The Corps of the Duke of 4:l3RAtvi.Es has driven the ertetny froth Bamberg; and taken from 2to atiopriSoner - s. The cOrpi of the Duke of Bnurirstvlt..K retreated oh the 6th. WERDEN, JULY 9.=--.A part of the army is un der his Majesty at Zwickau. Col. TIIILMANN with a fr ontiers. of Saxon and Weiphalians is on the Bohemianir ontiers. General At.aitorroc postesses the Duke of AERATES will be at Hoff to-tiaorrOW. LEIPZIG, JOLV 12.---General D'ALBIGNACS CarPS, which had gone into 'Bohemia, where it met with no opposition, has returned to Saxony. It 4 Ppears that the regular Austrian force, which was 94 the Boberlila') frontier, is gone to Bayreuth. ALTONA, JUL Y 6.—The corps of General Ewatui remains between Gluckstadt and Altona. CUXHAVEN, JULY 15.—0 n the Bth some ships of Near appeared off here. They disembarked about th°o.ei r English troops. They have since gone on board E ships, but the vessels remain in the roads. On Mo n d a y morn i ng l ast L or d WELLESLEY em barked on board the Donegal, and is now on his way t o Spain with a fair wind. His Lordship was ac companied. to the Sally-port by Sir Rooß COATIS, the Port-Admiral, and by a great number of Naval Officers and Gentlemen. On reaching the Donegal he was received with a salute of t q guns, and was afterwards visited by Sir TnomAs DUCKWORTH and C apt. BERESFORD. We are happy to add, that at the moment of his departure the Noble Marquis ap peared to be in excellent health and sp?rits. Yesterday the two regiments of Life Guards had a th grandfield da y , on Wimbledon Common, under e i ns.p esaion of Lord HEATHFLELD, preparatory to their bei ng reviewed on Tuesday nexty by his Royal -Highness the Prince of WALES. By a circular letter from the Adjutant-General to all the 'Volunteer and Yeomanry Corps in the Kitt dorn, it .appears that the usual inspeetion, during the present month of July and ensuing month of August will be dispensed with. In pursuance of a Decree dated Paris the loth inst. and issued in Holland the middle of last week, American vessels are permitted to discharge their cargoes to be disposed of only to the subje6ts of the King of Holland, who are striElly prohibited from transhipping, or sending by any means the merchan iize to the ports of France, unless first authorized by the certificate of the French Consul. On the other hand, the French Consul is made responsible that the colonial and oher produce so transhipped, or sent,. shall n ot b e o f t h e growth of any colony, or 'oil, under the dominion or controul of the British YET lAr 'rES. IlotikinEs, .JUNE .:-.-Nothing has transpii . ed to e4plain the cannonading reported to have been heard, in the neighbourhood of uadaloupe; and it is now much doubted as to any line of battle ships' haying got into Port Louis, stated; by report,S, from St. Bar tholomew.--Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, and suit, with his army, arrived at Halifax on the 4111 of April, and was greeted 6y the yvhole laeOple with b - acclamations'of loyalty and affeation. JUNE Majesty's' ship Helder, 'Captain Serrell, with the following vessels from London and Madeira, arrived yesterday morning in Carlisle Bay : Atlas, Dwina, Cambo,. Isis, James and Henry, for Barbadpes ; Hero, St. Vincent, Frederick,, and. John, for - Mart inique ; 'Peggy, Antipur, and Thomas; for,St. Kitts ; !Pest _lndian, St: Thomas ; H6pe,. To bago ; Sam Barnet, Daifid ShaW,. and Elhtabeth, for, Jamaica. _ They left Portsmouth on the 22d of April, arrived at lthicieira on the'3d of May, and sailed from thence on !he 12th, where they left the Dui'lin, Law, boUnd there; and the. Elik 13 h, _bound to .erbice. The Helder, with the ships 'for Jamaica, proceeded last night; the others, bound to the Leeward, sail this afternoon, under convoy of the "'chafes, which arrived yesterday from New krunswick. JuNrig 10.—The homeward-bound trade of thiil Island, to sail with the convoy of fhe present month, .will leave this on the Igth inst. the day originally ap pointed by Sir Alex., CoChrane for a ship of war to `call here to convoy them to the general 'rendezvous. The July convoy is postponed until the the 22d of that.rnonth.. • The 'ships 1r Imin and Maxwell, for Liverpool; ship Camilla, for Greenock ; and brig, Foilr Brothers , for Hull, sail to-morrow morning. =The ship ./Vereide, from Demerary hound to Greenock, passed by here on Thursday. .ZMARICAN PAPERS. . . • PALM:II6f, BOSTON, JUNE 9.--;An Association has been established in South Carolina for propagat ing cochineal, and it has succeeded in producing a quality which surpasses in beauty of colour that of :1.‘1(:•:‘ ico. , A l'atte'r from 'the Commanding Officer at Belle \rue asserts, that lie hak no longer any doubt that the Indians are determined on war, and that .they only wait a fivbilrable Upportunfty to strike the first bloW. The fcon-Intercourie Law pledged the United States, that it would Ceise to operate against the na tion rescinding its Ediott,, and that it would continue in force against the nation neglecting CO revoke them. England has revoked her Orders on the faith of this Law; yet Mr. Giles is tor persevering in the rigorous enforcement of it against her as to the two first seaiOns.—[Vide Proceeding's hi the House of Representative's; May 31.] BOSTON GAZETTE, JUNE 1. tIOUSE OD' REPRESENTATIVES. Iteklved;-•;-That the Committee of Public Lands be instruEted to / inquire into the expediency of set . -; ting apart a certain Arad of land in the territory of New Orleans, to be given to each free male white petsOn no* resident there, or who May hereafter aauall'y reside•rherenti. Resolved;=-That for the proteetiOn Of such ma. Itufaetories as are already established, as well as to promote the produgion of articles which they may manufAtitire, it is expedient that additional duties be laid on the following 'commoditiesCh des of which leather is the principal ingredient. 2. - Hemp and count], and the articleS manufa&ured from them.--3. Woollen Cloth; the invoice price of which is not more than 65., sterling per snare yard. 4. Woollen hosiery.--,5. Window glass.-6. All kinds of paper.... --7. Silver and plated ware.-;. 8. Nai:§ ,and spil.ces.--9. , Millinery of all sorti'.— its. Clothes ready mAcli...i 1 rvlmt liquors. `!'he last Resolution was laid on the table. . The President of the State Of Massachusetts; Mr. ChriMophe Gore, in addreSsinf; the Senate and House of Representatives of the Proince, towards the conclusion of his speech of inauguration,makti the following important remarks " TO prevent the adoption in future of measures fatal to the occupation, indth=tryi and Subsistence of the people ; it may be advisable to make a declara tion, which may be proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States; viz. That the powers of Congress shall never be so construed as to authorise the enaament of a general prohibi tion or restriction of maritime commerce to operate for a longer time than the Session in which it may be enthed; and to a certain early day of the next succeeding session. Although some difference (be adds) may exist as to the means; I cannot persuade myself there will be any as to the importance of se curing us against a return of the like distress, which, in times less auspicious to peace and good order, tnigbi produce convulsions and disasters to the har mony, if not to the union of the States, to preserve which, according to its original intent, cannot cease to be the first tibie& of every liiend to the inde pendence and prosperity of the country." The follo*ing is a more core& list of the Medical Stan - for the Expedition than was before given :--- Inspeeior of Hospitals—john Webb, Esq. Deputies—J. R. Grant, r. BuirowS, and I'. F. Aveling, Esqrs. Physicians—Drs. Morewood and Faulkner ; Knight Bache lor of Medicine, Dr. Crawford, Dr. Bancroft, and lir. Eyre. Staff Surgeons—Doughty, Emery, Crump, Vance, Inglis, Brown, Hosack,ays, Gordon, Adolphus, Irwin, lergil, Deneeke Babbs, Vassal, and Lidderdale. Apothecaries —Newton and Codrington. SWINDLING.-A person of the name of Hotting, who figured away on the 'West end µromenades, in the double characters of a Captain in the artny, and the heir to an Earldom, and who was earnestly sought for by the credulous trades-people, at the beginning of April, has been dete6ted negociating bad bills at Bath, and other towns in the ,West of England.— He was taken into custody about eight ,miles from Bath, on Wednesday last, on various charges of forgery, and ficaud. The impostor was known by several names and titles in London, and he had ad dress and intrigues enough about hitiv, to be recog nsed by some young Gentlemen of fashion . , to whom he was accustomed to give dinners, at an ho tel in Jermyn-street, where he also forgot to dis charae,his bill. SPORTING iNtI,I,4IGENCE. BRIGHTON k ICES, MOP AY, JULY 24. . . . . The second and last year of arinewal of the. SweepstakesOf . 'togs. each, fot thtge-yeai old cults. ,ti- Lord Egremout's ch. c. out of sister to Cheshire Cheese half a flea. H ~R . H. the Duke of York's. Brown titss. , His Royal liighness the Prince of Wales, the Duke,o r t,St. Albait's, Afr. Ladbroke, Mr. Mell;sh, Mr: Fermor, and Lord (-;• Cavendish, are subscribers, bufald not name. . , Match, , topgs.—Last three-quarters of a mile. .• . • Lord Egrentotit's b. f. out of Lazy, against Sir Shelley's ch. f. Fanny, Bst. 41b. each.— Fanny wort easy. Mr. Craven's g. g. Dragsmari, ztst. against Mr. Wehster a 's Swing Last half mile ;ogs.-- 7 To 'be rode by the owners.—Dragsman won ea3y. A . plate of tool. for all ages, pe4v Course. • •'- Mr., tadbroke's br. h. Chester, 4 yrs old - - - Lord:Egreniont's b. f. 'out . of Lazy, 3 yrs old - 2 Sjr GI Webster's b. 4. Elippoinenes, aged - 3 Mr. flughs's ch. galloway Squirrel, s yrs old . , . 4 The Course was tins day more numerously ,attenired th'4'n oh eithir::Olthe'prtcci.ing days, anti the heats Overe well con tested. r - d. • RACES', SWANSEA . , TUESDAY, cu,Ly 18. : -. .. ~, A Plate of of sdgs. given by the Sictvards for horseS,, mares, and geldings, foaled in the principalitY of Wales and Mon: niouthshire, • ' . . Mr Muniey's b. g. Swansea - , - - , - I ! Mr, lenkins's c. tn. F a ir R ac hel, by 132:nDevaynes - a a wktmtsDAY. A Free Plate of kit. for all 'Ages. i l artt,Oxford's Presto - . Mr. Coulborn's - MAZE RACES, MONDAY, JULY * 17, Sweepstakes of s, each, p. p. to which the Governer adde'd sogs. to the winner,and togs. to the second, who was to save his stake. . . Mr. Battershy's Yeoman - - - - - I Mr. Hamilton's Swindler - . - 7 2 ' Mt. Whaley's johnny - - - - ~. Mr. Daly's gr. c Actaeon, P. ft. Col. Lumm's b. f. Maria, p., ' , .. Mr. Burke's.cli. c. Paddy NV.tiaa, p. (dezdY.' Even betting, Yeoman against the field. Mr. Battersby's Trim received forfeit from the MaequiS of Done&al's Choakjade, loogs.. iIJESDAY, It SWeepstakes of sogs. for County pown bred Ranters, to which the Corporation added . .csgs, and togs. to the second Morse.—'Three-mile beats. '', ' Mr. Watson's b. g. Spanker - ... - 3 z t Mr, Verney's ch. g. 'Calamity . ' - ~ 2 2 2 Marquis of Donegal's h. m. Eliza - - - t 3'3' At starting, Spanker the favourite. r A grand usical festival is to take placm at Truro, tinder the Condutt of the Asticti,s, 'which is to be pltronited by the Lords EfiGEWORT . H, FALMOUTH, &LOT, Da DUNSTANYILLE, atiti most of the dis tiriguished charattert of the county.--Miss.PARItE, Mr. and Mrs. VAUGHAN and BARTLEIVIAiC are tn.. gaged for the occasion. The engagement of MIARTINI at Coven t 7 Garden Theatre is denied from authority. We wish thesce were also the same authority for denying the en gagement of CATALAN', whose merit's we are very ready to admit, when they are exerted in a proper place, which certainly is nut an. English Theatre. LYCEUM.--Tire third 'representation of The Russian Impostor, or The Siege of Sinolensko, was last night attended by a very numerous aoclierrce, and was fully cbnfirmed in public favour. W 0 - ought to mentiOn Mrs. Bisnor in very favourable terms, as she Sustains her part with great musical excellenCe, and with very evident ,improvement in- theatrical ability. The rausib of this opera in geheraL is of a pleasing 'and popular bast, and receives all .pessible justice froth a very able. band', under the•condat of SMART, a very skilful and attentive Leader.--Z-DovLE incurred mime disapprobation' for being a little im perfect in the part of iThe governor, whiCh he took at a short notice, but.he made a thanly appeal to the audience and received a liberal tribute Of applause.--- , - Oxbeaftt is likely to becothe a favourite; but we advise hini not to do too mobil, when he is not adUally employed in the t scene.—Mrs." INIouNTAtx, PHILLIPS, and RAYMONh, are essential props to the piece, and Bmi•rtt givei a forcible colouring to the part of Oseb: THE ARTs.—Mr.DRis has considerably advanced in a pidiire which will do honour to his, talents. The .SubjeCt is taken front English History, a ri d i s treated in a very masterly manner. LANGTON, Archbishop of Canterbury, in the reign of King JoilN, is repre sented at a Meeting with,: the Barons, submitting to them a Charter Of I. and exhorting them to support the Liberties of the People against the en croachments of the Crown. The meeting took place at St. EdmonciSbuty, and the' Artist has given a solemn and impreSsive representation of the scene of action. The ancestors of several of our pre , sent race of nobility attended on this august and interesting occasion, and the ArtiSt has intro &need portraitS of their present representatives,- upon the reasonable presumption that they may bear a family likeness.—This circumstance will give a peculiar interest to the pidure, besides that high concern which Englishmen will always feelin events that relate to their inalienable rights. SeVeral IklobleMen have set to the Artist for this pur pose, among whom are the Duke of RUTLAND, the Marquis of HUNTLEY, the Marquis of STAFFORD, the Earls DARLINGTON ond MotaA, Lord ERSKINE, and all the other descendants of the distinguished characters who were present, will of course readily join in so honourable a commemoration. The Gothic Cathedral in which the scene took place, and the whOle of the costume, in dress, arms, decorations, &c. are to be exhibited with the most exact fidelity; and the pidure, when finished, will do honour to the British School. Mr. DEVIS has nearly finished a fine whole-length of Earl DARLINGTON, in his robes as a Peer, and has been .particularly successful in disposing of the dra pery. The picture is faithful as a likeness, and pos sesses great merit as a work of art. The fine Portrait of the late Mr. SHELDON, the Anatomist, by this Artist, we are glad t o find in the bands of the engraver; but we are sorry that no member of the medical fraternity has - come forward with a due record of the talents and professional Me rits of that celebrated Anatomist. It is stated in the . French Bulletin that Buorra,• PARTE has made General iVIAcijoNaLD a Marshal, on account of his bravery. This General has been long Unemployed, though his bravery was doubtless as well known some years ago as now ! but the fad is, ,that he is of the number of those Officers who were understood to disapprove of the measures by which BUONAPARTE Usurped the Government, and was I.ll.‘refo . re ntllectcd. DISCOI'BRIES 4IvD 1.11PR0KE,%.E.::a7. The difficulty . or procuring . fibres .Sufficiiintly And elastic for micrometers, has induced a get tletnai to use the spiders' vstb, opaque, and elastic, as to at to all the Purposc:of of lisaelical a s tr o nomy., But ~ S s it. is only the stretcher, or_ long . litlel , which supports, ehe possesses these yaloa6le properties, the dilEtuAY of procuring it has corhpelled Many opticians and prac tical astronomers to einproy the raw fibres of nn wrought s;lk, or what is . still .worse the coarse ,i 1 er ,wiry manufaCtUred in this country. For these a suti;-' Stitute has been obtained, in'a delicat glass 'fibre, which enables the opserverko remove the er; - or of in gedion,, while it possesses the requisite pro 2 erties of opacity and elasticity. Mr. Spencer Smith has lately introduced that valuable . planf,, Smyrna madder; into this ccr:intry. Mr. Smith fOrnished the Society •of Arts with some seed, from which Mr. Silisbury, of the Botanic Gar den; SlOane-street, has raised plants that have grown in the most surprising manner. He experts to ob tain seed from them, and there is every reason to hope t hat. this useful dye-ro ot, will becOme naturalized in our soil. M. Doulergerais, optir.i4n to Bunnapvate, has pro' dueed a ponderous flint of glass., intended for the thanufaelure of achromatic glasses, in which he has Attained ,n degree. of perfection equal. - to those of English Manufaature. The glass made by him is heavier .th4n flint glass: its specific gravity being 3588, while the heaviest flint glass being only 33tj. Lieutehant-Colonel Lindsay, of Grove House, Edgware, has obtained a patent for a telegtaph, or apparatus, which conveys Intelligence with as much facility by night as by day. Thdugh tntich has been said of the atrocities of the French armies in the countries of which they have had a temporary occupation, the detail of their Coo duet would excite the utmost degree of, horror, and almost exceed belief, notwitlistanding All that is knoWti of their depravity. The excesses they cot - ft. :. thitted in Portugal were, if poSsible, particularly flagitious, Their behaviour at Oporto, of Which, we have seen ah•atithenticiecital, may be f a irly con iidered as a sample of theirconduCt in general. Iri One house they deprived the master of ,all his pro perty, and afterwards murdered him and his servant in 'told blood, hilt not. before they had committed the most enormous outrages on his three daughters: In another house a girl, of ten , years Of age . ,wai the ' victim of the horrible violence of a gang of iheed 'Villains,' "but the circumstances are too shocking, to be related. An old Lady, .Wbri bad, hot been able to leave her house, could not in age and infirmity find a proteatiop,against the. capricious liceritibUSness of anothet herd of ruffians.: The chief part Of the females deserted the city, and did not date to re turn till they heard the Freud) were driven away,— Many Ladies, who never had_walked a liutidred yards in their lives at once, sought a refuge in the woods from the wanton violence that assailed , thetn, v%'ithout shoes and stockings, and were lamentable spectacles when they durst venture horhe. The monsters tied the poor Portuguese back to bac4, and liting them on the trees by the road side. Even little children were not spared, but were, in bar barous sport, scratched and scored by their baionets. Men were Stripped naked in the open streets, and de prived of their cloaths, yet 'were happy if they were permitted to escape with no worse a fate.—ln short, ' the town' was given up to • plunder for three days; and the miscreants made Use of their power without any restraint of humanity. The wreck of ture which they could not remove 'would have pre sented a pitiable scene of devastation, if the minds of the unfortudate inhabitants had not been occupied by terror and despair. At -one house the ruffians loaded themselves with copper, at another with silver, and another with gold, and where nothing mbre valuable could be found, they took bethlinen, curtains, and indeed every thing that came within their reach, destroying whatever they Were - unable to remove, as if to leave the most dreadful impres sion, and which may serve as a tremendous lesson. to teach the people courage to defend their country on • all Auture occasions, partitularly against the' French': An article from Ayr, of July 20, says, we have waited for some time in expeelation of hearing of some tremendous concussion of the terraqueous globe; but the immediate scene of the disaster may have been so distant,as to cause the lapse of some weeksbefore the intelligence can reach us. Tuesday the 11th curt. was. a fine day; the atmosphere betrayed no symptonrof commotion ; not a drop or "rain fell, yet a noise. re sembling that of thunder was heard, at the same in stant, on the western shore of Carrick, and in the in terior of the island.. By some it was compared to the-. firing of two or three pieces of cannon in rapid suc cession. To others it seemed the rattling of many chariots, and the falling of houses or other buildings, insomuch that the labourer, for a moment, suspended his toil, and looked towards the nearest edifice, to as certain whether it was still standing, or battened to an eminence, to behold the expeaed cavalcade of carriages, but no object met his view either to reali.ze his fear, or gratify his curiosity. There was no tremor of the ground perceptible by human sensa tion, but the brute creation perceived it ; for horses and cows, while at feed with the utmost composure, were seized with a sudden startling, not to be ac counted for by the annoyance o f insects or any similar cause, and ran with marks of the greatest consterna tion 'frem one end of the field-to another. In short, from every account we have been able to obtain re speeting this singular phenomenon, we are led to conclude, that it was occasioned by the extreme vibration, the dying away of an earthquake. Wednesday last, Dorchester Annual Wool Fair was held, which was well attended. Nearly 300 growers and buyers sat down to an excellent calla tion in Mr. Davy's large . barn, Earl Macclesfield in the Chair. After the cloth was removed, the Earl addressed the company on the state of the wool markets, and on the prosped of the gre t acivantog,.:3 likely to accrue from this establistirwat. Maiiv constitutional and other toasts were thank. Tne company then adjourned to another barn of Mr. D vv 's when the sale commenced; a considerable quantity was sold at prices somewhat lower than last year. Leicester, 38s. per tad, and upwards.--33.-K•- shire, from 355. to 405.--South Down, fret) 31. 3s. to 31. 108. g~--,-